RobPhoboS

Good on you for being patient, it's the ONLY way to purchase a car. Sometimes you're lucky and the first one you try is the one to have (as it was for me) but I still tried a couple more and an RX7 for comparison. Personally, I'd just stick to holding out for one on the forum

Just noticed there are some for the 350z as well... worth baring in mind.

I think it always depends on what you look for - pads / yellow / squeak etc etc Also you can always try this if no joy with forum search: 1. Go into Google. 2. Type - site:350z-uk.com [whatever your searching for here] This will only search the forum and will include archived topics.

There are TONS of threads just like this one, do try and search first pretty please. Anyway, I have new, standard EBC discs & yellow stuff pads - no cold squealing\squeaks

My one will be up for sale tomorrow most likely.

Do it.

You are a nutter, it's brilliant ! I just realised you mentioned it was backdated, I thought this was happening in real time Seriously impressed with the competent skills to install this, perhaps you can lend a hand when I do something daft with an engine swap (don't worry only jk, not going to happen for a long old time )

I don't like it personally (although perhaps with the spoiler and wing mirrors done it'll be ok), I like the two tone on the original NSX (red body, black roof) though. However, if you like it, keep it like that

As a 2nd car, or just weekend car - brilliant things (well, ok not all models). Worth being handy with spanners and soldering, also thoroughly researching before buying - ie not here, go to TVR forums I'm sure there are plenty more places to go but these guys have a good reputation for sorting the known issues... http://www.powersperformance.co.uk

First rule of buying a car... don't be in a rush to buy a car ! You're just going to make a mistake, either in £££££ or that you don't like it. Just take your time. Research. Try a few out. Good luck. (oh and SEARCH the forums)

Use the other one near the Students, £4.50 a day and it's a quicker walk to the Station. The only downside being it's outdoors but SFW, save money ! (and less chance of someone ruining your car - which happened twice for me).

Actually this is something I've been thinking about as well. Are there any effective things we can do to protect our cars ? I was thinking something like this but I'm not really sure how effective they truly are ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/4Tress-Professional-Silver-Steering-Lock/dp/B003JMXURQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1399542701&sr=8-6&keywords=steering+lock

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CAN-Bus-Trouble-Diagnose-Diagnostic-Scanner/dp/B001CBBY7O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1399473347&sr=8-4&keywords=ODB+reader That's what I bought.

I've got an orange thing from amazon, £15 - works fine for me.

Nice to see some things like this going on, good stuff ! Just a couple of questions, what do you think of those coilovers ? Why did you decide on that engine specifically ? (I don't know anything about them, genuinely curious )

Yep, I imported them, it didn't take long at all (of course this will depend on the seller). Nissan items are very expensive £250 each iirc - which is why I thought I'd try out a cheap copy first to see how they last.

Yeah, I have various mic's but in this instance I just used a very cheap lapel microphone, like this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/electret-miniature-tie-clip-microphone-yw71n Just zip-tied it to the offending end (I did both sides), ran it into my video camera, drove around for a few mins and listened to the results on the computer afterwards. (yes, I used to be a sound engineer/producer )

front lower compression arm iirc ex: http://www.ebay.com/...fits=Model:350Z Of course, I'd advise checking that it really is those which are causing the issue.

That would have been great pal but yeh your a fair distance away. It deffinetly sounds like its coming from the rear. It couldnt be the boot knocking could it. I know on my leon cupra r which i just sold had abit of play on the lock mechanism so everytime i went over a bump it banged. As soon as i put some insulation tape around the catch it stopped. I wonder if theres any issues with the same sort of thing on the boot on the zed. I doubt it though?? Hopefully another owner near you that had the banana arm knocking sound, as the sound travels in the car in a strange way, I could have sworn it was rear driver side ! It's just worth considering though, I even taped some mircophones to my banana arms to check (which is when I realised it WAS them in the end). Mmmm are these on the front then? How noticeable was the knocking? Also can you remember how much it cost to replace them fitted? Yep, one end you can replace the bushing, the other end you can't - and for me it was the sods-law end (actually I had Superpro bushes so I knew it wasn't that end straight away). It was very noticeable. Like a slightly hollow rattle, knocking sound - for me particularly over smaller bumps in the road. Once over 40mph I tended not to hear it anymore, just low speed driving. I paid around £70 per arm (new items from ebay - not genuine Nissan items, just copies but 1 year later, no issues), and it took around 30-40 mins to have them fitted by a mechanic that hadn't worked on a 350z before (after seeing it done, it's something you could do yourself if the bolts aren't knackered), so fitting was around £50 (I had an oil change as well).

That would have been great pal but yeh your a fair distance away. It deffinetly sounds like its coming from the rear. It couldnt be the boot knocking could it. I know on my leon cupra r which i just sold had abit of play on the lock mechanism so everytime i went over a bump it banged. As soon as i put some insulation tape around the catch it stopped. I wonder if theres any issues with the same sort of thing on the boot on the zed. I doubt it though?? Hopefully another owner near you that had the banana arm knocking sound, as the sound travels in the car in a strange way, I could have sworn it was rear driver side ! It's just worth considering though, I even taped some mircophones to my banana arms to check (which is when I realised it WAS them in the end).

If you were nearby I'd hop in the car with you to see if it's the same noise I had. (I took my car to Abbey as well, and they couldn't be 100% sure that it was the banana arms either - I'm presuming because it had just started and wasn't badly worn yet).

Just to give another pointer... When I had a knocking noise, I honestly thought it was coming from the rear but it turned out to be the 'banana arms' at the front ! (the previous owner had done the droplinks only a few months before) Even trying to do the advised Nissan check on the arms didn't reveal an issue, I just decided to replace them (imported new ones from the USA-ebay) and it fixed the issue

First thing use the SEARCH function & what is your BUDGET !? But just quickly for you.. I've just had new lines (hosetechnic from Clark Motorspot - brake & clutch lines), EBC standard discs, and EBC Yellowstuff pads, as well as Motul RBF600 fluid (both for clutch & brakes). These feel good to me but note, I've only just had them fitted and need to get a track day sorted out soon. The only thing is that I'm going to get someone to see if my system has been bled correctly, or if something else is amiss as it's still a bit spongy unless double tapping the brakes. No fade on a few spirited drives. H-dev sell kits http://www.h-dev.co....oducts_id=25346 They are recommending Performance Friction discs and pads if you are doing a fair amount of track days though. £1,307.69

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I like the idea of that, especially as I've just moved into London (Stratford) Oh dear.. Your car wont have wheels for very long lol. im not far round the corner in east ham/upton park Cool, we'll definitely have to catch up at some point! (my insurance didn't increase as much as I expected but if I feel it's dodgy, I can leave it back where it is now )